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Pink snowberry

Symphoricarpos microphyllus

Also called Small Leaved Snowberry, Littleleaf Snowberry

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Mexico to Honduras
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Symphoricarpos microphyllus, the pink snowberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chihuahua to Chiapas, and found also in Guatemala, Honduras, and the US State of New Mexico.

Symphoricarpos microphyllusis an erect branching shrub sometimes as much as 3 meters (10 feet) tall, making it the tallest species in the genus. Leaves are up to 25 mm (1 inch) long, dark green on the upper surface but lighter green underneath. It has pink, bell-shaped flowers and white or pale pink fruits.

Other Symphoricarpos plants

Sharpleaf snowberry · Common snowberry · McKittrick's snowberry · Symphoricarpos guatemalensis · Trailing snowberry · Desert snowberry · Creeping snowberry · Western snowberry · Coralberry · Mountain snowberry · Palmer's snowberry · Symphoricarpos parishii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphoricarpos microphyllus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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